Undead Slayer/Hack'EM
In Hack'EM, the Undead Slayer is one of the roles available to the hero from SLASH'EM.
Undead Slayers in Hack'EM can be humans, centaurs, dwarves, elves, gnomes, giants, hobbits, doppelgangers, tortles, or vampires, and can start as lawful or neutral in alignment.
Starting inventory
Each Undead Slayer starts with the following equipment—the secondary weapon(s) and armor are chosen from one of four possible sets before substitutions are applied, with an equal probability of each set, and all race- and alignment-based substitutions are noted in the table:
| First set | Second set | Third set | Fourth set | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary weapon | +0 wooden stake | |||
| +0 metal long sword (if vampire) | ||||
| Secondary weapon | +0 pistol (copper for elves, iron otherwise) |
+0 crossbow | +2 bullwhip | +0 silver spear +0 silver elven spear (if elf or hobbit) +0 silver dwarvish spear (if dwarf) +0 silver trident (if tortle) |
| Secondary "ammo" | 30-39 +0 silver bullets | 30-39 +0 crossbow bolts | 5 +0 silver daggers +0 silver elven dagger (if elf or hobbit) | |
| Suit of armor | +0 chain mail (copper for elves, iron otherwise) +0 pair of low boots (if giant) +0 pair of leather gloves (if tortle) |
+1 leather jacket +1 pair of leather gloves (if tortle) |
+0 chain mail (copper for elves, iron otherwise) +0 pair of low boots (if giant) +0 pair of leather gloves (if tortle) | |
| +0 leather jacket of fire (if vampire) | ||||
| Secondary armor | +0 helmet +0 leather elven helm (if elf or hobbit) +0 leather dwarvish helm (if dwarf) +0 toque (if tortle) |
+1 pair of low boots | +0 helmet +0 leather elven helm (if elf or hobbit) +0 leather dwarvish helm (if dwarf) +0 toque (if tortle) | |
| Food | 5-10 blessed cloves of garlic 5-10 blessed sprigs of wolfsbane | |||
| 4-8 holy wafers 4-8 potions of vampire blood (if vampire) | ||||
| Potions | 4 potions of holy water | |||
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Chaotic Undead Slayers may start with a poisoned stake.
Undead Slayers start with knowledge of all non-magical weapons and armor, along with any applicable racial equipment.
The Undead Slayer's default starting pet is a little dog or kitten with equal probability.
Intrinsics
Undead Slayers gain the following intrinsic properties upon reaching the given experience levels:
- XL 1: Stealth
- XL 1: Drain resistance
- XL 1: Sickness resistance
- XL 1: Warning of undead
- XL 7: Speed
- XL 9: Poison resistance
- XL 15: Warning
- XL 21: Clairvoyance
Skills
Undead Slayers have the following skills available to them:
| Undead Slayer Skills | |
|---|---|
| Max | Skills |
| Basic |
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| Skilled |
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| Expert | |
| Grand Master |
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Undead Slayers start with Basic skill in bare hands, daggers and whichever set of skills apply to the weapons they are given in their starting inventory. They use the wisdom stat to cast spells, and their special spell is protection.
Techniques
Undead Slayers can learn the disarm technique by reaching Skilled in any weapon, and also gain the following techniques at the listed experience levels:
| Level | Technique |
| 1 | Turn undead |
| 1 | Weapon practice |
Special rules
Undead Slayers move at a base speed of 10, compared to 12 for every other role in Hack'EM minus the Yeoman.
Undead Slayers have a +2 bonus to casting emergency spells.
Undead Slayers have a 5⁄6 chance of a beneficial effect from applying a blessed medical kit to ingest a pill, a 1⁄2 chance of doing so with an uncursed medical kit, and a 1⁄6 chance with a cursed medical kit.
Vampiric Undead Slayers are unable too use the turn undead technique, and cannot wield their quest artifact as explained further below.
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Rank titles
The status line displays one of the following ranks for the corresponding experience levels:
- XL 1-2: Assistant
- XL 3-9: Eliminator
- XL 10-17: Exterminator
- XL 18-21: Destroyer
- XL 22-29: Vindicator
- XL 30: Undead Slayer
Gods
The Undead Slayer pantheon is based on ancient Egyptian mythology, using different deities from the Wizard pantheon.
Quest
The Undead Slayer's Quest sees them fighting Count Dracula for The Stake of Van Helsing, an artifact stake. The Stake of Van Helsing grants magic resistance while wielded, and has +1d5 to-hit and +1d12 damage versus all monsters—as a wooden stake, it also deals +1d6 damage against vampires with a base 1⁄10 chance of instantly killing them. The artifact is treated as a vampire-hating item, making vampiric Undead Slayers uniquely unable to wield it.
Strategy
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Origin
Some of the iconography of the Undead Slayer derives from the Castlevania game series—like the Belmont clan members, the hero starts with a bullwhip, chain mail, daggers, and holy water. Much of the other iconography, including the potential starting crossbow and ability to reach Grand Master in bare-handed combat, is derived from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.